{"id":441,"date":"2014-08-27T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/27\/derpy-hobbit"},"modified":"2014-08-27T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T15:53:00","slug":"derpy-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2014\/08\/27\/derpy-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Derpy Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam&#8217;s birthday is coming up.\u00a0 I wanted to do a photo shoot and make nice cards for him, like I did for Jack&#8217;s party invites.\u00a0 After mulling over a party theme I decided to go simple &#8211; gardens.\u00a0 Flowers, plants, sort of a Beatrix Potter \/ Sam Gamgee theme.\u00a0 Then I decided I had to re-knit a sweater for Sam.\u00a0 I made him this <a href=\"http:\/\/eaumaison.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/sliding-through-may.html\">one last year<\/a> but he outgrew it before the weather turned cold.\u00a0 I unraveled it, bought a second skein, and spent the last week hurrying to knit it up.\u00a0 He had all those fevers in the meantime, so it&#8217;s just as well I waited.\u00a0 Then I had to visit two garden stores to find some decent flowers to stage the photo.<\/p>\n<p>Finally today, with a beautifully overcast sky, I was ready to take some pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Sam was not in the mood.<\/p>\n<p>I was going to hide these.\u00a0 I shared them with Ben who was laughing so hard he had to share them with his office mate too.\u00a0 After reflection, I see how gloriously doofy they are.\u00a0 They need to be seen.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/14867410109\" title=\"Derpy Hobbit by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Derpy Hobbit\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3878\/14867410109_cd0a3512ae_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/15051081341\" title=\"Derpy Hobbit by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Derpy Hobbit\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3855\/15051081341_5a4f6c3cc2_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/14867474890\" title=\"Derpy Hobbit by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Derpy Hobbit\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5594\/14867474890_910e0554e0_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/14867472780\" title=\"Derpy Hobbit by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Derpy Hobbit\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3835\/14867472780_996b2af4bc_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/15053776482\" title=\"Derpy Hobbit by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Derpy Hobbit\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5570\/15053776482_9f09f69dd5_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/15054140495\" title=\"Derpy Hobbit by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Derpy Hobbit\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5563\/15054140495_1ca693e59b_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/14867549058\" title=\"Derpy Hobbit by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Derpy Hobbit\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5595\/14867549058_bdb084f01a_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/14867401079\" title=\"Derpy Hobbit by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Derpy Hobbit\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3859\/14867401079_5a6b6cc446_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">And finally, my personal favorite:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/15031133436\" title=\"Derpy Hobbit by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Derpy Hobbit\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3846\/15031133436_7231e342a8_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Oh, my beautiful child!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam&#8217;s birthday is coming up.\u00a0 I wanted to do a photo shoot and make nice cards for him, like I did for Jack&#8217;s party invites.\u00a0 After mulling over a party theme I decided to go simple &#8211; gardens.\u00a0 Flowers, plants, sort of a Beatrix Potter \/ Sam Gamgee theme.\u00a0 Then I decided I had to 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